Carrier profile · USDOT 652055 · MC-302662 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Roane Transportation Services LLC

189 power unitsavg 8.2 yrNational · 35 statesROCKWOOD, TN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-302662 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

189Power units

170 observed · MCS-150

223Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(865) 354-3288 Email dispatchaubrey@roanetrans.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average41.3% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 30 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1996.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo41.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

22 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo41.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

22 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

189 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

30 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1996 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

486 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 41.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 269 vehicle and 486 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

48.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 10.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

472 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 38

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 189-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 189
Inspections · 24 mo: 486
Annualized: ≈243 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving200 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance91 · 83 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance79 · 35 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance49 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 19 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance29 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 17 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 8 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Cherokee’08–now

1996200420122020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2008 → Aug 2025	$1M	7
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Jul 2005 → Jul 2005	$1M	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jul 2004 → Jul 2005	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2003 → Jul 2004	$1M	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Dec 2001 → Jul 2003	$1M	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Jul 2001 → Jul 2001	$1M	2
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.	Jul 2000 → Jul 2001	$1M	1
GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2000 → Jul 2000	$1M	1
LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	Apr 1998 → Apr 2000	$1M	1
TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1996 → Apr 1998	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 189
Observed power (24 mo): 170
Trailers (towed): 223

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

71.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 35 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

485

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

ROCKWOOD, TN

229 CARDIFF VALLEY RD

Top corridor

TN 137 · KY 97 · NM 47

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 60 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1154126 USDOT 3029512 USDOT 652005 USDOT 2843914 USDOT 3946049Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 41 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 87409 USDOT 580265 USDOT 3946049 USDOT 253615 USDOT 1154126 USDOT 315503 USDOT 2628661 USDOT 1573928

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@roanetrans.com — 4 carriers: USDOT 1131016 USDOT 1154126 USDOT 1582327

Shares a company officer with other carriers

steve kennedy — 10 carriers: USDOT 499928 USDOT 562987 USDOT 2079592 USDOT 2208774 USDOT 2646677 USDOT 2934114 USDOT 3392740 USDOT 3848600

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

189

Observed (24 mo)

170

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 229 CARDIFF VALLEY RD, ROCKWOOD, TN, 37854
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (865) 354-3288
Email: aubrey@roanetrans.com
Web domain: roanetrans.com

Registration

Officers: Steve Kennedy · Luke Wyatt
USDOT / docket: 652055 · MC-302662
First registered: Jul 25, 1996
Last MCS-150: May 13, 2026 · 13,925,627 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 21, 2012
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

189

Power units

164

Drivers

164

CDL drivers

13,925,627

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC.

ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC (USDOT 652055) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 41.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 486 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 269 vehicle-level and 486 driver-level — across 35 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 22 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 189 power units and 164 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 13, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 21, 2012 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC's USDOT number?

ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC's USDOT number is 652055, and its motor carrier number is MC-302662.

Is ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC's safety record?

ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC has a 41.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 736 roadside inspections, with 22 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC's fleet?

ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC operates 189 power units and 164 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC based?

ROANE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC is based in ROCKWOOD, TN, with roadside inspections recorded across 35 states.

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